@simaatri

Human rights lawyer & organizer

 Toronto, Ontario
cjclaw.org
Joined March 2011
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A recent court decision in Waterloo Region could have far-reaching consequences for homeless encampments across the province. @simaatri (@cjc_to) tells @spaikin why, tonight at 8/11pm | Producer: @Mariasarrouh

What Does Ontario Law say About Clearing Encampments?

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Huge 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 to the brilliant Muslim woman Aziza on @TheCurrentCBC calling out the need to constantly put their pain and trauma on display without naming the actual structures like the War on Terror and torture that creates Islamophobia that are left unchallenged.
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Call on @YWCAToronto to stop evicting its tenants. Join the hearing to support a community leader facing eviction for COVID arrears.
STOP YWCA EVICTIONS@StopYEvictions8 Jun 2021
EMERGENCY EVICTION HEARING BY @YWCAToronto: SUPPORT NEEDED. Please show up and support our neighbours to prevent their eviction! Date/Time: June 9th @ 1pm Zoom Link: bit.ly/SLVCZoom84
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“Police are privacy security guards that landlords can call in at any time.” Goodwood and Crescent Town Tenant Union members remind us landlords, politicians and police are not here for us. Only tenants can defend each other. #NoCovidEvictions
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Defund. Disarm. Dismantle. #DeFundThePolice #BlackLivesMatter #TOPoli
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Another Indigenous woman’s life lost in New Brunswick. The police were called to do a mental health check. She was shot five times by police. Say her name. CHANTEL MOORE.
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Sandy Hudson@sandela2 Jun 2020
I wrote my arguments for y'all in an op-ed for HuffPo: "If we truly want to effect change that could stop police killings of Black people, we must have a conversation about defunding the police" #defundthepolice #blacklivesmatter huffingtonpost.ca/entry/defu…

Defunding The Police Will Save Black And Indigenous Lives In Canada

If we truly want to effect change that could stop police killings of Black people, we need to have this conversation.

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‼️ BREAKING ‼️ Open letter from 47 organizations and 773 individuals calling for prisoners to be released and other measures to protect people behind bars from #COVID19! Courts may be closed but people continue to be arrested + imprisoned. #solidarity tinyurl.com/containcovidnotp…
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Contain #covid19, not people. Sign on to a letter centering the needs of imprisoned people’s and criminalized communities - tinyurl.com/covid19community… #abolishprisons
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I'm trained in law. There is no 'rule of law'. There are overlapping bodies of law. Laws are constantly changing. People with power ink laws. Resistance helps change unjust laws. Indigenous blockades are also legal orders. #Wetsuweten #WetsuwetenSolidarity #WetsuwenStrong
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❌#BellLetsTalk about how @Bell & the Ministry of Correctional Services profit off of the exploitation of incarcerated people whose mental health is deeply harmed when they are denied phone calls to their loved ones and charged exorbitant fees. [THREAD] springmag.ca/bell-lets-talk-…

Bell Let’s Talk about disconnection and suicides in Ontario’s jails

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We have a mental health crisis in Canada and our #criminalinjustice system makes it worst. @bell + Canadian govt profits from phone calls of those in jails. Peoples’ lifelines should be free @Bell_LetsTalk
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#WetsuwetenStrong #alleyesonwetsuweten @cafreeland we have clear demands - stop the #racistrcmp occupation of #Wetsuweten land, order nation to nation talks, implement #UNDRIP.
Climate Justice Toronto@CJusticeTO20 Jan 2020
BREAKING: 19 youth from CJTO have occupied the office of Deputy PM @cafreeland. We’re demanding immediate federal action in support of Wet’suwet’en land defenders who are resisting a state-sanctioned colonial invasion intended to push the CGL pipeline through unceded land.
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Just emailed this letter to Deputy PM @cafreeland calling for immediate federal action to stop the abuse of #Wetsuweten Peoples and their rights. We demand federal action now! #Wetsuwetenstrong tinyurl.com/rcox2lo
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we're all on stolen land 👏 indigenous land defenders are fighting for their lives and for future generations - frontlines of climate justice and the rcmp will continue its colonial legacy to protect profit-driven resource extraction ..are we surprised? theguardian.com/world/2019/d…

Exclusive: Canada police prepared to shoot Indigenous activists, documents show

Notes from strategy session for raid on Wet’suwet’en nation’s ancestral lands show commanders argued for ‘lethal overwatch’

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"Education Unions Launch Charter Challenge Against Ford Government" #OSSTF, @ETFOeducators, @OECTAProv, and @AEFO_ON_CA stand united in launching a court challenge to the Ford Government's unilateral public sector wage restraint legislation. bit.ly/2RHOhIZ
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We have a "thoughtful and sensitive approach" for you, @JonathanWNV: 1) stop subsidizing the fossil fuel industry, 2) stop building pipelines on unceded Indigenous lands, and 3) use money sourced from taxing the rich to fund a Green New Deal. 😎 thestar.com/politics/federal…

New environment minister pledges ‘thoughtful and sensitive’ approach to climate action

Jonathan Wilkinson says Canada should pursue new technologies that could preserve the oil and gas sector even as the country strives to achieve net zero emissions by 2050.

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We unite in solidarity with @osstf teachers gearing up for their strike tomorrow! We say NO to increased class sizes — cuts to education should not be on the bargaining table. @fordnation @Sflecce It’s your ruthless cuts that hurt kids, NOT strike action. #NoCutsToEducation
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We live in a city that can afford to care for all its residents - we just choose not to. @JohnTory support a Toronto for all. @CdnChange
Melissa Jean-Baptiste Vajda (She/her/elle)@MelissaVajda1 Dec 2019
Mayor John Tory : Mayor Tory: Declare Homelessness An Emergency To Prevent More Deaths And Suffering - Sign the Petition! chng.it/Nv6HkCpy via @CdnChange

Sign the Petition

Mayor Tory: Declare Homelessness An Emergency To Prevent More Deaths And Suffering

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